Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1887-06-04
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The news Dc another Indian enieute
al san Carlos, aud the serious wound,
ing ef All seiber chief 81 scouts, which
was brought to Globe By an Indian
courier on Thursday morning, caused
great indignation and regret here.
The first report cnlrent was that 4
number of Indian scouts had been on
d tiswiu drunk ana HI attempt was
made 10 arrest them on Wednesday
afternoon about five O'Clock. Several
Of them had been disarned and or
derod to the guard.house, when others,
who had moi given up their guns, be-
gan firing their design being, evil
IDENTIFY, to kill Sober, who was shot
Just below the knee. The Indians
recovered the weapons which they had
laid down, and broke for the noun
tains in the direction Of Apache.
Selber's wound was considered so
serious that ampptatiou was deemed
probably necessary, and the courier
was dispatched to Globe for Dr Davis
who had come up from the Agency the
day before The Doctor, accompanied
by Hal McNelly, started Thursday
forenoon for San Carlos,
Communication by telegraph be.
tween San Carlos aud Globe was cut
OF at about the tipe the trouble ot-
Cured or soon thereafter, 50 that only
tho meagre information brought By
the courier was received here until
Thursday evening, when the mail car.
rier arrived bringing further news Of
the affair, put not a fpllaccountof the
deplorabIe occurrences.
Another version Of the trouble, as
contained in private, Is in effect, that
a scout named Kid, who was 1st SER
geant, aud fsur OF his brothers, also
scouts, who bad left tho Agency 4 few
days previous, returned Wednesday
evening and asked to have a talk with
Capt. Pierce, Agent, aud AL. Seiber, at
Saiber's tent, Upon the appearance
OF the Captain, Seiber aud two inter
prefers the Indian scouts fred upon
them and then ran. SiebeT was the
only one injured and be was shot
twice through tbs left leg below the
knee, tic bone being badly shattered.
The Indians left in the direction 6f
Apache.
There are different reports as 10
their number. The five scouts who
instigated the revolt were coined by
gther Indians, at from tie san Carlos
7 Do, yariously estimated at from Eve
thirteen.
b In the excitement which would, Oh.
II usly, pre7aa at tba Agency. it il
IS sible THAI toe gravity Of the siitta.
'ot a and the number Of Indians that
+ 9 gene out has been orerestima-
ea at least it is to BE hoped that
Ae mutiny win spread 10 further,
-Eq shat Arizona wlll Be spared rep.
.hh ion Of the horrible buteheries per.
]eir ated by the Cbaioabuas during
General Crooks ineumbency as com
nander Of this department.
4--
Agent f e. Pierce kindly favored
us With the following particulars og
the Lndisn trouhle, over tie wire yes.
terday afternoon
SAs CAElos, June 2. EDlroRs BELf.
Last Wednesday evening. after dis
armed FIVE scouts who had been absent
without lcave, and ordered them 10
be guard-houss, some one IN The
eowd standing around, fred shot
I'd soon the hrihg became general.
r. Sieber was wounded badly ii the
4 leg Two Of The scouts recovered
ia arms during the firing. They
qcd and other Inaians went with
a ~ eve more are missing but
may not Be with EHo " s-..s! taey
started towards Apache, but / belieR
4 that now they are south of the Gila
Trgc ps are out in all directions,
7 Signed, plEacE, Capt.
The operator al San Carlos tele
graphs that Siebers wounds are les
serious titau At FIRST supposed ard n
doctors hope e save his leg from am
pptation j,
n0ATp on sUPERgEs0Rs.
GEoRg, ella County, Arizona,
May a, 1887
A meeting Of the Board Of Supery
sors Of ella comfy, Arizona, Is hereb
called, to b held at Il o'clock p, ID
Saturday May II, 1857, for Che pui